Bubbly Scrumptious Challenge

BUBBLY FUN CHALLENGE #4 - CUPCAKES!

I think I'm just in time to enter my cupcake into the latest Bubbly Scrumptious challenge. The challenge is to make a cupcake. Here is mine.....

cupcake magnet

I have cross stitched a cupcake onto 14ct Aida fabric & used DMC threads. I then mounted my cupcake onto an arcylic fridge magnet. Do you think it will make anyone think twice before they open the fridge door!! Thanks for looking. Gez.xx

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Attract

To arouse attention, interest or pleasure from others. Find 'Attract' in your space.

It is so lovely to see all the bees & other instects visiting the garden. Its like a busy airport some days! (If you get the chance you can click on the image to enlarge. They look lovely!)

...... just had to add this extra one!

I don't know where all the bees are today! We are having thunderstorms.....they must be having a day off! Thanks for looking Gez.xx

Something Completely Different

This week is a new challenge for us over at Something Completely Different.

This months challenge is postcards a piece of art 6x4 or 4x6. This weeks theme is.....

faces

I have never made anything this size before so it is brand new to me too. Hope I've got it right!! bit late now!lol. I cut some blank card to size & covered it with some of my favourite papers from Prima & some images from Crafty Individuals & had great fun stamping & embossing postmarks.

It kind of reminds me of a wall outside somewhere advertising a show coming soon!!

It would be lovely if you get the chance to join us on our crafty journey this week. Hope everyone has a lovely weekend. Thanks for stopping by. Gez.xx

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Hang

To suspend, to droop, to remain in the air. Find 'Hang' in your space.

This natural crystal sends lots of healing colourful rainbows spinning around the room. Even on miserable days it is so cheerful. :-)

Altered jigsaw piece

I've been wanting to have a go at altering a jigsaw piece for a while & here is my 1st attempt!



I had lots of fun getting messing with acrylic paint, inks & stamps. It is a great way of using up scraps & can't wait to have another go! Thankings for looking. Gez.xx

New Circle Journal

I bid my newly made Circle Journal good-bye yesterday & sent it on its way...I'm hoping to get it back before Christmas full of beautiful pages. I am lucky to be part of the new Circle Journal group over on Quirky Crafts forum.


I've used a sheet of patterned paper for my cover & I'll be blowed! if I can remember whose it is! sorry! I used Doodlebug alpha stickers for the title & a lovely clock stamp from Crafty Individuals.


My pages! I love doodling! & collage & er.... went a bit mad! lol... but I love it! I nicked my title from a very dear friend/crafter Janice. Well, Janice did say I definately was a serial crafter further down my blog so I know she won't mind! Thanks Janice.xx I feel honoured! I seem to have a blank when it comes to remembering whose paper I've used. :( I know my 'dress' is from K&Co...!! Hope you like it! Shoes by Stickles. :-D


Just a few things I enjoy right now! of course it could all change by Christmas. Sorry! DH. ;-)

More Doodlebug alpha's. Lace, gems & paper scraps from my craft box. Thanks for looking. Gez.xx

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Beauty

A combination of qualities that give pleasure to sight or mind. Find 'Beauty' in your space.

I couldn't choose so I've included both altho I could have included lots more!. The bridge is at a place called Carrbridge 10 miles from Aviemore, Scotland. Thank you for looking. Gez.xx

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Forbid

To refuse to allow, find 'Forbid' in your space.

I stitched this picture on 16ct antique white aida & used DMC threads. I thought it was perfect for todays challenge! Awe, don't you just know they're dissappointed. :(

I wanted to play all last week & came up with some good ideas but was unable to get them blogged. Hopefully this week will be a bit quieter & I'll get to play!

Thanks for looking. Gez.xx

My first Design Team card!

I was so excited to be asked to join the Design Team over on the newly formed Quirky Crafts forum & I am delighted to share with you my 1st card as a team member.

This weeks card challenge theme is red/green.

My 1st Design Team card...

I've used more delicious papers from my Bubbly Funk page kit as per the card in my last post & also a lovely digi image from the Cute Daisy May range.

I had great fun using my latest Copic markers from Lynne at the Craft Den. Even tho I say so myself I was really pleased with how my colouring turned out! apart from her .................... ??? !!!

Would you like to know a secret??? or can you guess!lol.

Her hair turned out a real disaster! my 1st attempt at dark hair. It was awful to say the least but I really did love her legs!! I carried on regardless & assembled my card. My family agreed with me in that I should start again! My daughter offered to try & digitally alter her hair for me but even that was a disaster. So there was only one thing left to try!!!

Ooh I'm too embarrassed to tell you what I did! now can you guess! I actually think my card turned out okay even tho I can't come out with the words.

Thanks for looking & what an eventful 1st DT card. Perhaps, I shouldn't be telling you all this!!

It would be lovely if you could join us on the new crafty forum there is lots going on & great to come & visit your blogs.

Have a great week. Gez.xx

Cute Daisy May challenge

This weeks theme on Cute Daisy May's challenge blog is all about animals. I've been wanting to play all week. I made a card for last weeks challenge but unfortunately when I took photographs last Sunday evening they all came out too dark & didn't get to enter in time. It's my own fault! I'm just scraping in again this week at well nearly the last minute!


I've used one of the gorgeous Cute Daisy May digi images & the new papers from Bubbly Funk's latest page kit. I wanted to keep this card plain simple & not over fuss but it was so hard not to add some embellishments. I do still think it needs a little something along the ribbon! but I didn't want to detract from the image or sentiment. Its to go with the note pad I blogged below. :-)

I had great fun using some new Copic pens I received in the post yesterday & would like to say a BIG Thank You to Lynne for her excellent service & for supporting me along the way. This lady is a star. XXXX

(Little note for Lynne.... this isn't the little girl with the secret!!! sshhh! ;-) )

Great challenge. Thanks for looking. Gez.xx

Tuesday Taggers

This weeks challenge over on Tuesday Taggers challenge blog is Stamp It...



I've made a little note book for a friend who is having a difficult time at the moment & thought it might cheer her up! Both stamps are from Crafty Individuals.

Thanks for looking. Gez.xx

Something Completely Different

It's Friday again!! & our last week for tags over on our challenge blog Something Completely Different. Carol has choosen crowns for this weeks theme. Here is my little offering for the last tag of the month.

crown

I took a plain white tag & covered it with dye ink & then used a crackle rubber stamp & black Stazon & stamped over the top of the orange background then inked around my tag with brown dye ink.

I have used bits of left over scrap paper. Sorry I can't remember its name & flowers & brads from my craft box.

It would lovely if you could play along with us this week. We really love blog hopping to look at everyone's creations. Thanks for calling by my little corner of Blogland. Wishing you all a super weekend. Love Gez.xx

EXCITING NEWS!

Ooooooo..... I've been chosen by Rosie & Deanne to join them as part of their Design Team.

This is sooooo exciting for me & I will try my best each week to create something really special.

It would be lovely if you could join us over at Rosie~Dee's challenge blog on a Sunday evening.

Rosie & Deanne will suggest a theme & then it will be up to you how you interpret it, whether that be in the form of cards, sketches, layout, altered items........ YOU DECIDE.

How fabby is that!


It would be lovely if you could join us on this exciting journey.

xxx

Some more exciting news!

Wow! I've won an Award...

A very big special Thank You to Hazel for sending me this lovely award. I will need to follow the rules & pass it on! so watch this space!!

Its always a great pleasure to hop over to Hazel's blog to see her wonderful creations. Why not see for yourself. I'm sure Hazel would love to hear from you.

Rosie~Dee's Challenge

This week over on Rosie~Dee's challenge blog they are celebrating challenge week 40! Woohoo..... Well Done Rosie & Dee XXX

This week is to making something using the colour combo ..........

.............. pinks & limes

Oooooooooo! I hope my green is limey enough to count! All papers were from my scrap box & the lace & sticky gems are from my craft box too. Thanks for looking. Gez.xx

Winter Wonderland

Week 4. A Blue Christmas is the challenge this week. Over on the Winter Wonderland challenge blog.


I really enjoy taking part in the Christmas challenges! If you get time why not pop over there & take in the atmosphere & see all the beautiful creations on show.

Thanks for visiting my blog & if you get the chance I'd love to read your comments. Gez.xx

Alphabet Challenge

Over on the Alphabet Challenge blog this weeks letter is ................

......... m

Oooh I had so much fun making this twinchie!! I was inspired to chose memories for my theme this week by a collection of little stamps I've picked up by Inkadinkado which made me stop & think about what is important right now! I used a clock stamp from Crafty Individuals as I am very aware of time ticking away when there are lots of things I want to do. It's just finding the time!!

Thanks for looking. Gez.xx

Something Completely Different

Welcome to our next Friday challenge over on Something Completely Different . Our theme is still tags but our topic is ........

........houses

I am really pleased with how this tag has turned out. I've used Paper Artsy stamps & the 2 little ones at the top are Papermania. I've used dye inks to colour in my background.

Thanks for looking. It would be really lovely if you could join us this week. Have a super weekend. Gez.xx

Rosie~Dee's Challenge

This week over on Rosie~Dee's challenge blog they have set the challenge to use the colour combo turquoise & chocolate. Oooh yummy challenge! & some exciting news!!

my card!.....

I was inspired to make this card by a very special talented crafter who sent me a stunning birthday card (further down my blog!) I have the pleasure of visiting people's blogs but to receive one of their creations IRL is amazing. All I can say is photos do not do justice!

I have always admired Di's fabulous creations & in fact it was Di who suggested I start a blog! Thank You Di for being a wonderful inspiration & friend. XXX

~♥~♥~♥~

Rosie & Deanne have some very exciting news to share with everyone in Blogland & beyond!......

We're looking for some talented peeps to join us at Rosie-Dee's as Design Team Members. What you have to do to apply for one of up to 6 DT positions is to follow the theme of this week's challenge no.39 on Sunday 14th June 2009, upload it onto your blog (or email us with your creation) and then leave us a comment so that we can come and admire what you've made. Applications are welcome from the UK and overseas.

The DT position is initially for 3 months, from July to September 2009 inclusive. Unfortunately at this time there is no financial compensation for the position. We are hoping to secure sponsors for our challenges though.

Ooooh what are you waiting for then?? Why not pop over to Rosie~Dee's challenge blog to find out more! Thank you for looking a my card. Gez.xx

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Hat

A covering for ones head, show us a hat in your space.

I've just made a snowy Christmas card so carrying on in that theme.....no sun hats or sand. Its my baby in the snow & ice!! trying to fill his bucket. What would it be called then if its not going to be a sandcastle?

.....close up of what Tom is trying to collect
hailstones!

Could actually do with a handful of these in certain places right now!

Thanks for looking. Gez.xx


(This is the photo that came to mind when I thought of hats! or is that dirty faces!!!) I wasn't going to add this one but I have changed my mind & added it & another!. It was a 'spur' of the moment photo hence the chocolately grin!

hat

......what Mum???!

Thanks for looking...xx

Winter Wonderland

This weeks theme over on the new Winter Wonderland challenge blog is ............ Let It Snow!!! We want to see snow all over blogland!

I am really cross I missed last weeks challenge. My mojo went walkies but I nearly made a card the same time I made one for this weeks challenge! I came up with lots of ideas for last week while making this one. Thats me! full of after thought!

I have used October Afternoon paper .... my favourite of all time! I have however not got ink on the band. The paper is actually distressed like that! I was going to put my image over the top but she wanted to be at the other side!

I coloured my Tilda image with Copic pens & gently embossed around the edges of my card with gold to give it a little sparkle.

Off to write down my idea for last weeks challenge before I forget!.

Have a great week. Thanks for looking. Gez.xx

InchybyInch Challenge

This weeks challenge over on InchybyInch challenge blog is.....

Owls.....

My mojo is back!! & so I came up with this little idea for an inchy. I stamped my owl image onto shrink plastic (closed my eyes!!!) & did the business... My background is another little experiment on glossy paper & a piece of twig from outside. The twig was the hardest work! 1st one was too long so I cut it & lost the bit I wanted! the 2nd was the wrong colour so it was 3rd time lucky.

My 2nd photo includes an ink pad so you can get the idea of size.

Hope you like my inchy. Thanks for looking. I can tell you there is lots of time to join the challenge this week. Gez.xx

Pink & Green, Blue & Green + Sketch Challenge card!

I don't normally combine challenges but these are two challenge blogs that I love to follow & it just sort of happened!!!

Over on the Cute Daisy May challenge blog this weeks challenge is to make a card using the colours green & pink. I've also used one of the fabulous Cute Daisy May digi images.

Today, sees a new challenge set tonight over on the lovely Rosie~Dee's challenge blog & I am just in time to try out Dee's great sketch & this weeks colour scheme green & blue.

I am sorry for being a last minute minnie with both challenges but I have been thinking about them all week! My mojo has been walkies with my toddler I think!! hehe

Here is my card......


The papers are a mixture of allsorts! & Copic markers for colouring. Thanks for looking. Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend. Gez.xx

Alphabet Challenge

Yipee! I'm fairly early with this challenge!! not my usual last minute entry! This week we welcome the letter.....L.

love.....

My usual theme of twinchie as I am hoping to mount all 26 onto a canvas. I've taken a photo of all the alphabet twinchies I have made so far..... nearly half way woo hoo!! if I get to the end I will be sooooo pleased.

I decided to use love as my theme for L & of course my children came straight to mind. There is also another very subtle 'love' on my twinchie ~ any guesses? After I had made my 'love' twinchie I remembered our latch hook cushion I am making with one of my sons! I could have cut a corner off & made a sampler for my twinchie ~ arrh! I'm always the after thought girl!!!!

the story so far!.......

a couple of photos of 'another' project on the go! ....

.....latch hook cushion

I can't remember how old Ben was when we started making our random cushion! Hope we finish it before he's grown up!

Move over Janice another serial crafter here!!

Thanks for looking. Gez.xx

Birthday cards

I've taken my birthday cards down today :( It's been so bright & colourful all week in my house. Wish I could leave them up another week. I have been very lucky to receive so many beautiful hand~made cards from some very special crafting friends from the Bubbly Funk forum. I will be keeping these in my very special keepsake box.

Soooooo much loveliness. Thank You Everyone. XXX

InchybyInch Challenge

The challenge this week is POSTAGE STAMPS!

I've made a couple of inchies this week & couldn't decide which to blog so I blogged them both! The images are by Crafty Individuals. Various dye ink pads & clear embossing powder.


On the 2nd inchy I stamped a crackle background & then stamped my image over the top. I mustn't have allowed enough time for the background to dry because the clear embossing powder stuck to that as well & now it actually looks like its on top of my image not planned! but I do like the colours on the stamp image so thats why I blogged it!


Unfortunately, I wasn't around to have a go at last weeks challenge but when I was looking for stamps today I came across this one in my son's swap box! & he let me have it for free!!!

shells

The background is actual real sand out of my children's sand pit!

I've grouped them altogether in my last photo with my international craft gauge!!

I've had so much fun making these inchies. A new challenge will be posted on the InchybyInch challenge blog Monday next week. Thanks for looking Gez.xx

Something Completely Different

This is our 2nd week of tags over on the Something Completely Different challenge blog. I not only got to choose the topic but I also did my 1st write-up! to introduce this weeks challenge. :-D

What can I say! This weeks challenge is still tags & the topic is 'hearts' There are lots of beautiful heart stamps & embellishments around at the moment. I love to use hearts where ever I can in my scrapsbooks. I hope you will join us this week & take up the challenge.



My tag started off plain white & I used my favourite background technique of the moment which is alcohol inks & shaving foam see my technique here.

I stamped various heart stamps with a dye ink pad & edged my tag with Cosmic Shimmer powder & a special glue stick which allows you to set with a heat gun. (This was my 1st attempt & I'm not sure I like the effect!) perhaps I shouldn't be telling you that!lol.

The chippie word love is by Maya Road & again special glue stick & embossing powder. The other elements are a circle tag which is stamped & inked & a little butterfly stamped & cut out & layered on top of one already on the tag. The butterfly is dusted in fine glitter gel pen but I'm not sure the photo as picked it up! What a lot of rambling!!

It would be lovely if you could join us this week & then we can hop over to your blog & admire your creations. We have a special Guest Designer with us this month so I am really looking forward to seeing what yummy treat Kath has in store for us. :-)

Hope you have a lovely weekend. Best wishes. Gez.xx

Alphabet Challenge Blog

This weeks letter is something beginning with..........k

.................... knitting!

I am sticking to my twinchie theme & will take a photo of them all so far when I make the next one - tomorrow!! lol! Its finding where I've put them all!!!

I love to knit. I have had so much pleasure knitting over the years. I taught myself at 16! & have never looked back. I've made man jumpers, ladies cardigans, a school jumper! scarves oh I could go on!! I love cable patterns best as I do like a good old challenge. I have been so lucky to knit for my 3 altho it doesn't seem 'cool' now when they get past toddler stage to wear something knitted! Its amazing to see the rival knitting is having at the moment & the new unusual yarns are really tempting! I've got a red blanket on the go at the moment for my little one. He likes a character out of a book that has one! I once knit an eeyore from scratch for my daughter! that was fun! I remember making his mane out of black loops oh I'm waffling!!

Hope you like my little twinchie. Thanks for looking. Gez.

Triangle swap

I was so lucky to receive these swaps yesterday! Over on the Bubbly Funk forum a very talented crafter & dear friend Carol came up with the idea & hosted the swap for us. Thank You Carol.xxx



Aren't they all so different. Thank You Bubblies for sharing your artwork with me. Gez.xx

A few birthday treats!

I've blogged some photos of one or two presents I received yesterday for my birthday. I will blog all my beautiful birthday cards I received from my very talented friends over on the Bubbly Funk forum later on in the week.

some beautiful flowers I received...

.....they smell absolutely gorgeous!!!

at last!!! .....freedom!

sometimes in an evening it can be difficult to
get on either the laptop or main computer
in our house but now........I can please
myself!!!

Just a few other little goodies to give you some idea of the size of my little Notepad!

The CD is by Kirsty Wiseman & its fantastic! I can't believe how much is on there for the money!

Now all I need is some 'me time' !!!!